TAA Decision 72453
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration TA-W-72,453 PEROT SYSTEMS DATA CENTER OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT PLANO, TEXAS Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are satisfied if the following criteria are met: I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm must have become totally or partially separated or be threatened with total or partial separation. II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either: (i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the production of articles or supply of services like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR (i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign country by the workers' firm of articles/services that are like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm. III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition must have contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation. See Section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)(B)(ii). The investigation was initiated in response to a petition filed on September 30, 2009, by three workers on behalf of workers of Perot Systems, Data Center Operations Department, Plano, Texas. The workers provided information technology support to the subject firm. The investigation revealed that workers of Perot Systems, Data Center Operations Department, Plano, Texas, who are engaged in employment related to providing information technology support to the subject firm meet the criteria for certification. Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of the information technology worker group have been laid off. Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly competitive with services supplied by the workers. Criterion III has been met because the shift of information technology services to India by Perot Systems, Data Center Operations Department, Plano, Texas, contributed importantly to worker group separations at Perot Systems, Data Center Operations Department, Plano, Texas. Conclusion After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I determine that workers of Perot Systems, Data Center Operations Department, Plano, Texas, who are engaged in employment related to the provision of information technology support services meet the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification: "All workers of Perot Systems, Data Center Operations Department, Plano, Texas, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after September 28, 2008, through two years from the date of certification, and all workers in the group threatened with total or partial separation from employment on date of certification through two years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended." Signed in Washington, D.C., this 18th day of November, 2009. /s/Elliott S. Kushner ______________________________ ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance